An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville lawyer and judge Alfred Thompson Adams, conducted on 16 September 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Adams, who served Nashville as...

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville investor John S. Bransford, Sr., conducted on 9 July 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Bransford reads a letter he wrote describing his...

William E. Beard was born in 1873 at Estill Springs, Tennessee, son of Captain Richard and Maria L. Dromgoole Beard of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. During his career he was a soldier, journalist, war correspondent, naval historian, and long-time...

William E. Beard was born in 1873 at Estill Springs, Tennessee, son of Captain Richard and Maria L. Dromgoole Beard of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. During his career he was a soldier, journalist, war correspondent, naval historian, and long-time...

A photograph of the Tennessee Teachers Credit Union located at 1400 Eighth Avenue South in Nashville, Tenn. The building originally was constructed as a church for the South End Methodist Episcopal congregation in 1910. An education wing was...

An original will of Benjamin B. Allen, dated July 14, 1896. Illustrates the first page of the document. Allen’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on October 28th, 1910. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...

A postcard of the railroad terminals behind Union Station and the train shed. The station opened in 1900 to serve the passenger operations of the eight railroads then providing passenger service to Nashville, Tennessee. Forms part of the...

An undated photograph of the second governor's mansion located at 2118 West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. The squarish, buff-colored brick structure was originally a residence built by C. T. Cheek, a wealthy wholesale grocer, circa 1910. It was...

A postcard of Fifth Avenue looking south from Union Avenue in downtown Nashville. Both sides of the street are lined with businesses including Houck's, a music shop, and S. H. Kress & Co., a five and dime retail store. Horses and carriages are...

A postcard of Belmont College, a collegiate and preparatory school for young ladies located in Nashville, Tennessee. This school for girls was opened in 1890 in the West End neighborhood, at the intersection of Broad and Vauxhall Streets. Some...

A postcard of Radnor College in Nashville, Tennessee. Radnor College was started in 1906 on a hill overlooking Nolensville Pike by Presbyterian minister Andrew Nelson Eshman. Famous for its free four-week travel program, this women's college sent...

An exterior view of McKendree Methodist Church located at 523 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee. The church was named for Bishop William McKendree, the first American Methodist bishop. This is the fourth McKendree Methodist Church building to...

A postcard of Fifth Avenue looking north from Church Street in downtown Nashville. Both sides of the street are lined with businesses including Castner Knott and Blach's, both department stores. Some carriages are parked on the sides of the road,...

A photograph of the YMCA Community Action Project building located at 1021 Russell Street in the East Nashville neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. This structure was originally built as Russell Street Presbyterian Church in about 1910 and has...

A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened to the public on September 19,...

A man standing in front of a stone wall, with an electric automobile in the background parked near a residence. Electric automobiles were a special model that was mainly sold to women drivers and physicians who desired the dependable immediate...

A woman driving an electric automobile with a Tennessee license plate along a road, circa 1910. This electric automobile was powered by a rechargeable lead acid battery, a model that was mainly sold to women drivers who desired a vehicle without a...

Two elegant couples seated in a Hudson automobile, in front of the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1910. A finely dressed woman is seated in the front seat at the right-hand wheel steering of this automobile model, alongside a man wearing...

A receipt dated Aug. 2nd, 1910 that was issued to S.M. Young by the Geo. R. Calhoun & Company, Jewelers and Opticians, Union and Fifth Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee. Forms part of the Arcade Music Collection. 1 document.